Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Port Washington Education Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 743027311
NY · NTEE T31
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ms Julie Kozinn, Executive Director / CEO ($10,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Ms Julie Kozinn — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,357 total compensation of comparable organizations → $140,918 $10,000
$8,35410th
$34,04925th
$52,883Median
$78,47275th
$115,23790th
$10,000This org · 12th
p10$8,354
p25$34,049
p50$52,883
p75$78,472
p90$115,237
$10,000

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to NY cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Chasdei Eliyahu PA$208,638 Treasurer $12,000 $12,863 2024
Nehemiah Community Foundation CA$205,259 Coo $85,180 $81,398 2023
Pv Schools Education Foundation AZ$216,826 Executive Director $55,000 $56,857 2024
Israel America Foundation Inc NY$202,951 Executive Direc $79,200 $79,200 2023
Ozarks Charitable Real Estate Foundation MO$218,166 Director/president & Ceo End 02/24 $37,216 $42,370 2024
Bettendorf Community Schools Foundation IA$201,204 Administration $41,128 $48,405 2024
Buffalo Renaissance Foundation Inc NY$221,606 Executive Director $36,000 $36,000 2023
Tustin Community Foundation CA$197,975 Executive Director $73,710 $70,437 2023
Mac Foundation MT$223,291 Cfo $118,130 $140,918 2023
Olivia Hospital & Clinic Foundation MN$224,257 Director & President $66,188 $72,376 2023
Hawaii Va Foundation HI$225,981 Board Chair/ $4,800 $4,619 2024
Greater Columbus Community Helping OH$193,012 Executive Di $85,000 $96,771 2024
The Pearl Foundation Of The TN$227,530 Program Direct $55,650 $62,877 2024
The Surety Foundation Inc DC$229,532 Sfaa Foundation Liaison $57,126 $53,884 2024
Torah Synagogue Foundation NY$189,200 Treasurer $38,000 $35,958 2025
The Freedom To Help Foundation Inc MD$232,308 Executive Director $1,312 $1,357 2023
Middletown Community Foundation Inc PA$235,127 Executive Di $5,000 $5,518 2023
Stillwater Community Healthcare MT$241,012 Ceo $43,294 $50,164 2024
Livonia Community Foundation Inc MI$176,288 Executive Director $20,000 $22,845 2023
United Way Of Adams County Inc PA$250,888 Executive Dir. $71,169 $76,288 2024
Etna Community Organization PA$167,868 Executive Director $48,400 $51,881 2024
Rochelle Area Community Foundation IL$252,515 Executive Di $92,084 $97,310 2024
Real Situations Inc OH$255,499 Sports/program Administrator $6,000 $6,831 2024
Carol Ann Lee Memorial Trust GA$265,062 Former Trustee $30,847 $34,324 2023
Visit Champaign County Foundation IL$266,372 Secretary $125,888 $136,962 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to NY cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Ms Julie Kozinn) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,000 is reasonable (approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.